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April Showers Bring May Flowers Continuing with our social distancing, we went into the month of April. The first few weeks of the month began with finishing our elevator talks in environmental signaling in medicine. The final elevator talks marked the begging of the end of our time in the masters program at Tulane School of Medicine. With the peak of spring, we celebrated Easter a bit differently this year. It was nice to be home and reconnect with my family. In the final weeks of April, I presented for my last time in Advances in Pharmacology. Lastly, we took our last cellular control mechanisms test. The test covered a wide range of topics like T-cell immunotherapy, New Concept in Endocrine Signaling, Calcium and Cancer and Stroke & Mitochondria. We have learned so much over this year and I’m sad it’s coming to an end. I’ve enjoyed expanding my knowledge in field I truly enjoy. I feel like time has really flown by this year. I’m going to miss all the faculty and my fellow pe

      March 2020 was a month filled with many unexpected turns. For me & my fellow peers in the Tulane School of Medicine Masters of Pharmacology program, it began with the psychopharmacology exam. We learned about antidepressants, anxiolytics sedatives, and toxicology. One part of the module I found curious was the different sedatives like the melatonin agonist Ramelteon. I suffer with insomnia, so I found that lecture very compelling. Following the exam, we continued to study in preparation for the NBME. Within that week, the coronavirus began to spread to the US. Tulane began taking measures to combat the disease. The NBME was still set to continue as planned, so I was preparing myself to take reviewing all the material we had learned. The NBME ended up not taking place because all classes and tests were to be held online. I was sad that we didn’t get to take the NBME, but I am   glad that I was able to review the information as if we were taking it. We may not have taken the e